Two persons die remorseful: he who possessed and enjoyed not, and he who knew but did not practise.
Sa’dī.
221.
With regard to a secret divulged and kept concealed, there is an excellent proverb, that the one is an arrow still in our possession, the other is an arrow sent from the bow.
Jāmī.
222.
The thing we want eludes our grasp,
Some other thing is given; sometimes
Our wish is gained, and gifts unsought
Are ours; these all are God’s own work.